2023 Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Drexel University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drexel University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Engineering Technology for a Bachelor’s list. Drexel is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 12 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Drexel also made our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2.Our most recent data shows that 2 of the 23,589 students enrolled at Drexel University were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Drexel University offers credit for military training for eligible students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Drexel]](/colleges/drexel-university/student-life/veterans/)

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New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, New Jersey

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Jersey Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Engineering Technology for a Bachelor’s. NJIT is located in Newark, New Jersey and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 221 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

NJIT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Among the 11,652 students enrolled at New Jersey Institute of Technology, 164 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 83 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,409. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Engineering Technology for a Bachelor’s. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large public school awarded 32 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.

Temple also took the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Of the 37,236 students enrolled at Temple University, 830 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 510 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,479. During this same period, 9 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Temple University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Temple University Veteran Student Life Report

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New York Institute of Technology
Old Westbury, New York

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Engineering Technology for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, New York Institute of Technology landed the #4 spot on the list. NYIT is a medium-sized school located in Old Westbury, New York that handed out 17 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree vets studying engineering technology list, NYIT has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 4 of the 6,851 students enrolled at NYIT were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $24,477. During this same period, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. NYIT offers credit for military training for eligible students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at NYIT]](/colleges/new-york-institute-of-technology/student-life/veterans/)